And Douglass did so, it is worth noting, by championing the same founding principles that he celebrated in his Fourth of July ...

How one of the Constitution’s earliest critics used the founding language — and silences — to fight for freedom.

Frederick Douglass delivered his most famous and powerful speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” on July 5, 1852.

Frederick Douglass stood at the podium, ... seeing his mother only four or five times before her death when he was seven. (All Douglass knew of his father was that he was white.) ...

From enslavement to freedom: Douglass’s early life American orator, editor, author, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895) edits a journal at his desk, late 1870s.

In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what ...

Frederick Douglass wrote that teaching a man how to read makes him forever unfit for slavery. As civil war loomed, he aligned first with the Liberty Party, then threw weight behind the Republicans ...

The summer air in Rochester, New York, hung thick with heat and celebration. It was July 5, 1852, a day after cannons had ...

EASTON — Exactly 130 years after Frederick Douglass’ death, the Talbot County-born abolitionist and civil rights leader was honored for his lasting impact on freedom, equality and education.

A parade celebrating Frederick Douglass is canceled after Maryland National Guard drops out following Trump administration anti-DEI orders. The Department of Defense announced on January 31 that ...

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery, so he never knew the exact date of his birth, only that it occurred sometime in February 1818. This means that Douglass was only thirty-four years old ...